A Kangaroo Flat father became emotional after learning he had apparently matched all the required number to win Saturday Lotto jackpot.
The Victorian held one of the eight division one entries on Saturday 9 March 2024, bagging a $620,369.07 share.
The win came unexpectedly, as his Tatts Player Card contact details weren't up-to-date. Lottery officials had to wait for the Bendigo local to check his ticket and come forward. He finally did after receiving a letter prompting him to check his tickets.
“I’m ecstatic!” he cheered.
“I didn’t know that I had won until this morning! I received a letter in the mail that told me to check my TattsLotto ticket and my heart started to beat out of my chest.
“I can’t believe it. You have no idea how much this means to me!
“I’m almost in tears. I’ve got to pull over.
‘I’m on an open road, so I have to find somewhere to pull over – otherwise I won’t be able to see from the tears!
“Thankfully I’ve got today off, but I think I’ll take tomorrow off as well to digest!
“I’ve already told my eldest and she keeps ringing me to see if it’s even real.”
With an adventurous gleam in his eye, the Victorian man eagerly envisions himself traversing the vibrant streets of Thailand with some of his lottery loot.
“I’m going on holiday very soon!” he laughed.
“I won’t spend it all on the holiday of course. I’ll be sharing with my four kids, buy a new car and possibly a land to put a new house on.
“So exciting. Thank you so much!”
His winning marked 6-game entry was purchased at Lansell Lucky Lotto & News, Kiosk K6 Lansell Square, 267 High Street, Kangaroo Flat.
Lansell Lucky Lotto & News owner Yomi Shah said him and his team are really happy to have sold a division one winning entry and they couldn’t stop talking about the winning news on Sunday morning.
“This is our first division one winning entry since we took over the ownership for Lansell Lucky Lotto and News, so it’s big milestone for us!” he said.
“We’ve already started to decorate the store with smiley face balloons, and we’ve been telling every customer about our news. Our customers have expressed their joy and are super thrilled.
“We’re so glad we were able to make our winners dreams come true and we’re super happy for them! A big congratulations to the winning man and we wish him all the best with his prize.
“I already have a feeling that we will be selling our second division one winning entry really soon.”
The winning numbers in TattsLotto draw 4449 on 9 March 2024 were 11, 25, 17, 3, 2, 31, while the supplementary numbers were 15 and 24.
Across Australia, there were eight division one winning entries in TattsLotto draw 4449 – four in Victoria, three in Queensland and one in New South Wales.
The breakdown of this draw's winnings available here: Eight Lucky Take Saturday Lotto Jackpot in Draw 4449
Saturday Lotto is marketed as Tattslotto in Victoria, Tasmania and the Northern Territory, as Gold Lotto in Queensland, as X Lotto in South Australia and simply as Lotto or Saturday Lotto in New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory and Western Australia.
